For director-at-large: Malika Jeffries-EL

Northeastern Section. Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.Academic record: Wellesley College, BA, 1996; George Washington University, MPhil, 1999; PhD, 2002.Professional positions: Boston University, Senior Associate Dean for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2024-present; Associate Dean for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2020-24; Professor, 2022-present; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Martin Luther King Visiting Professor, 2014-15; Iowa State University, Associate Professor, 2012-15.ACS local section and division offices: Northeastern Section: Richards Medal Committee, Chair, 2024; Richards Medal Committee, Member, 2022-present; Councilor, 2020-23; Alternate Councilor, 2018-19; Ames Local Section: Councilor, 2011-15; Division of Organic Chemistry: Alternate Councilor, 2017-18.ACS national service: Director-at-Large and Councilor, Ex Officio, 2023-25; Committee on Professional and Member Relations, Member, 2023-present; Committee on Strategic Planning, Member, 2023-present; Committee on Committees, Member, 2022; Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs, Committee on Committees Liaison, 2022; Committee on Science, Committee on Committees Liaison, 2022; Committee on Publications, Member, 2020-21; Committee on Education, Associate, 2010-13; Committee on Women Chemists, Associate, 2018-19; Committee on Younger Chemists, Member, 2005-10; Associate, 2002-04.Member: Member of ACS since 1999. American Association for the Advancement of Science; National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers; Royal Society of Chemistry; Sigma Xi. ACS Division(s): Organic Chemistry; Polymer Chemistry; Professional Relations; Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering.Related activities and honors: C&EN Trailblazer, 2021; ACS Fellow, 2018; Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences, 2015; American Chemical Society Committee on Women Chemists Rising Star Award, 2012; Percy Julian Award, 2021.Jeffries-EL's statementIt is an honor